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Cedar Breaks National Monument
Wildflowers
 
wildflowers
Courtesy of Paula Hamilton
 

This is a list of the common types of wildflowers found at Cedar Breaks, for a complete list and description, visit our wildflower brochure.

American Bistort   (Polygonum bistortoides)

Aspen Bluebells   (Mertensia arizonica)

Blue Flax  (Linum lewisii)

Cedar Breaks Gilia  (Ipomopsis tridactyla)

Colorado Columbine   (Aquilegia caerulea)

Cushion Phlox (Phlox pulvinata)

Elephanthead (Pedicularis groenlandica)

Elkweed   (Frasera speciosa)

Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)

Heart Bittercress (Cardamine cordifolia)

Heartleaf Arnica  (Arnica cordifolia)

Little Sunflower  (Helianthella uniflora)

Markagunt Penstemon   (Penstemon leiophyllus)

Marsh Marigold   (Caltha leptosepala)

Meadow Gentian  (Gentianopsis detonsa)

Monkshood  (Aconitum columbianum)

Mountain Deathcamas (Zigadenus elegans)

Orange Sneezeweed  (Dugaldia hoopesii)

Panguitch Buckwheat  (Eriogonum panguicense)

Parry Primrose  (Primula parryi)

Plantain Leafbutter  (Ranunculus alismifolius)

Prairie Smoke  (Geum triflorum)

Red Elderberry  (Sambucus racemosa)

Richard Geranium  (Geranium richardsonii)

Rydberg Penstemon   (Penstemon rydbergii)

Scarlet Paintbrush   (Castilleja parvula)

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon pulchellum)

Showy Goldeneye  (Viguiera multiflora)

Shrubby Cinquefoil  (Potentilla fruticosa)

Silvery Lupine   (Lupinus argenteus)

Southern Ligusticum  (Ligusticum porteri)

Subalpine Larkspur   (Delphinium occidentale)

Sulphur Buckwheat  (Eriogonum umbellatum)

Yellow Evening Primrose  (Oenothera flava)

To learn more about each of these individual wildflowers, click here.

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Did You Know?
Cedar Breaks National Monument can get about 250 days of freezing temperatures out of the year. This freezing process adds to the erosion of the rim of the breaks.

Last Updated: November 25, 2008 at 14:44 EST